RF technology is known since decades but its application in the field of consumer electronics has picked up pace off late. It is due to increasing mobility and communication devices and its usages in different associated devices. Introduction of set top boxes for HD view, iPads, iPhones, and the other devices in recent times have helped the industry to introduce new type of RF components design and architecture over the previous years.

Throwing light on current architecture, the low noise amplifier in a consumer electronics product operates at around 1.9 GHz; while, Global positioning system (GPS) entail carrier frequencies range between 1,227.60 MHz and 1,575.42 MHz. Satellite broadcasting in the C-band involves 4 GHz uplink and 6 GHz downlink systems. Due to the swift development of wireless communication, compact amplifier, filter, oscillator, and mixer circuits are designed and positioned in service at frequencies above 1 GHz.

Now the companies are settling down to 4G (LTE), which is an advanced version of 3G. It requires working at the frequencies greater than 2.5 GHz and LTE cannot not be supported by the silicon or silicon-doped components. Due to this barrier, players are working on this aspect and designing the components by using the other materials such as GaAs (Gallium Arsenide), SiGe (Silicon Germanium), etc., which is also expected to increase the market size of RF components.

The present scenario is such that 3G or UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) has changed the dynamics of telecommunication industry and staged a new platform for upcoming future. One more aspect that has created the opportunities time after time is the upgradation of technology. This can be witnessed from technological transition stage, i.e. from 1G, analog signal transmission technology to 2G, digital signal transmission process technology. This had also increased the transfer rate speed by 20 times i.e. from minimum 2.5 Kbps to 56 Kbps and maximum from 5.6 Kbps to 156 Kbps and the same difference has been seen in 2.5G and 3G technologies.

RF components’ market for consumer electronics was valued at $5,933 million in 2011 and is expected to reach $17,123 million by 2017 at an estimated CAGR of 19.4% from 2012 to 2017. The demand for RF components is due to the launch of new devices, which contains advanced features such as virtual communication, haptics reorganization from a distance and so on.

Radio frequency (RF) energy has been used in medical treatments for over 75 years, generally for minimally invasive surgeries, using radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation, including the treatment of sleep apnea. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) uses radio frequency waves to generate images of the human body.

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